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BIFHSGO offers monthly meetings from September to June and occasional workshops during the year. Our fall conference is held in September. Our monthly meetings are open to the public and free of charge. All events are currently being held online--see the event information page for the link to register for the Zoom meeting.

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Irish Lines and Female Finds: Exploring Irish records, female ancestors and genetic genealogy / 19 - 26 September 2021

BIFHSGO's 26th Annual Conference between                       19 and 26 September 2021

Irish Lines and Female Finds: Exploring Irish records, female ancestors and genetic genealogy

Fifteen online sessions over eight days
Presentations for all levels of genealogical experience,
featuring 14 distinguished international speakers, experts in their own fields:

Mia Bennett · Gerard Corcoran · Martin Curley · Brian Donovan
Dr. Janet Few · Mags Gaulden · Dr. Edmund Gilbert
Maurice Gleeson · Roz McCutcheon · Prof. Mark McGowan
Chris Paton · Gena Philibert-Ortega · Dr. Jim Ryan · Kyla Ubbink

Conference pass is Can$45
It gives you access to all the presentations over the five days and to the videos of the presentations for two weeks after the conference.

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Picture This! (Stephen Gill) / 9 October 2021 / 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, 9 October 
Picture This!  

9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
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Stephen Gill, Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, and author of The Family Detective and the follow-up Design in Detail will offer a lighthearted look at how photography evolved in Britain over 175 years, from vanity purchase to an everyday event. He’ll explore what is happening to photographs from our own immediate past, and how we can ensure that current photographs are available to our descendants. He’ll also show us how to tell a story about an old photograph and help date it.

Stephen has been a professional photographer for almost 50 years and a photo restorer for more than 20. Having inherited a collection of photos his grandfather took, he became interested in what stories they told. Over the years he developed new techniques to bring out the best of the images and reproduce them in even more detail than could be achieved originally. He trained as a post-graduate teacher of photography and has been delivering talks and lectures on the subject for over 15 years. He is the first UK photo restorer to receive the status of Accredited Senior in Imaging in the Creative Industries from the Royal Photographic Society (RPS).



Finding UK Military Records: What, Where and How / 13 November 2021 / 9:30 a.m.

Finding UK Military Records: What, Where and How

9:30 am
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Ken McKinlay and Glenn Wright will be sharing tips for finding UK military records.



“At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them” Families in Wartime / 13 November 2021

Saturday, 13 November 
“At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them”—Great Moments about Families in Wartime

To follow the previous talk about UK military records
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Many BIFHSGO members have stories of ancestors who served, suffered and, perhaps, died during war. In November, we will remember them through the telling of some of the stories behind their service.

If you have a story to share (5 to 15 minutes in length, with or without PowerPoint), please contact the Program Director before 30 September 2021.
December Social and Great Moments / 11 December 2021 / 9 a.m.

Social and Great Moments 9 a.m. - 12 noon

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Special Interest Groups


British Colonial America - 20 October - 7 to 9 p.m. - Online 

DNA - 2 October - 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. CANCELLED Next meeting is 6 Nvember 

London - 13 October, 2 - 3:30 p.m. - Online

Scottish - 16 October - 10 to 11:30 a.m. - Online

Writing Group - 10 September 1 to 3 p.m. - Online


For more information on the SIGs see About Us.




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